Meredith Stepien (born January 2, 1987) is an American actress, singer, writer, composer, musician, comedian, content creator and performer based in Chicago. She is best known for her work with American musical theatre company Team StarKid.
Early Life and Education[]
Meredith grew up in Michigan. She attended Pinckney High School in Pinckney, Michigan. She was also involved in Twin Masks Youth Theatre during their high school years. They said that they had a weird fascination with Beethoven, and saw Lord of the Rings around nine times in theaters. She even says she dated her first boyfriend because he looked like Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings.
They then attended the University of Michigan where they graduated in 2009 with a BFA in Acting.
Work[]
Meredith has featured in a number of different productions. They featured in the short film in Clowns on Earth as well as featuring as Party Goer in OMG. They also feature as Cast Member #14 and Cone #6 in the World's Worst Musical. They also feature as Extra Voices in The Jackbox Party Pack 2.
Meredith has also featured in a number of podcasts. She featured as Spants and Gorgon in the Podcast Series Hello from the Magic Tavern. They have also serves as host and writer of the podcast series REACH: A Space Podcast for Kids alongside their husband Brian Holden.
Meredith is also part of the band Jim and the Povolos, where she sings and plays the bongos. The band was said to have started out on the floor in her apartment as they all made hot dogs. She wrote the song "The Holiday Club" with her friend Denise Donovan.
Meredith currently works as a comedian and performer at iO Chicago where she often performs with their improv team Lil Tooties. Alongisde this, they also currently work as a Manager of Creative Content at Production for the Adler Planetarium.
StarKid Productions[]
In 2007, Meredith featured in the pre-StarKid web series Little White Lie as Meredith, the drummer (and lead singer when Tanya was kicked out) for the Hot Girls.
Meredith rejoined the group to make her on-stage StarKid debut as Mega-Girl in Starship. They then went on to feature in five more StarKid musicals, three national tours, three concerts and three sketch shows. They also featured as Jacob Marley in all three iterations of A VHS Christmas Carol.
Meredith also served as composer as well as providing additional writing for the musical Firebringer. She also featured as a musician in Ani: A Parody (where she served as percussionist) and VHS Christmas Carols where they featured as Keyboard 2. She also served as associate producer for VHS Christmas Carols.
StarKid Roles[]
| Year | Production | Creative Role | Acting Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Little White Lie | N/A | Meredith |
| 2011 | Starship | Mega-Girl | |
| Dragonfly | |||
| Yellow Mantis | |||
| Pincer's Left Claw | |||
| Pincer's Right Claw | |||
| 2012 | Holy Musical B@man! | The Riddler | |
| TGI Fridays Worker | |||
| Rachel Dawes | |||
| Dr. Merdian | |||
| Earth | |||
| Geek | |||
| Hostage | |||
| Wonder Woman | |||
| A Very Potter Senior Year | Hermione Granger | ||
| 2013 | Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier | Sherrezade | |
| Orphan | |||
| 2014 | Ani: A Parody | Percussion | Oola |
| Beed | |||
| Backing Vocals | Imperial Soldier | ||
| Stormtrooper | |||
| 2016 | Firebringer | Additional Writing | Jemilla |
| Music and Lyrics | |||
| 2020 | A VHS Christmas Carol | N/A | Jacob Marley |
| Spouse Two | |||
| 2021 | VHS Christmas Carol Live! | Associate Producer | Jacob Marley |
| Jane Cratchit | |||
| Keyboard 2 | Party Guest | ||
| 2023 | VHS Christmas Carols | N/A | Jacob Marley |
Other StarKid Shows[]
| Year | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The SPACE Tour | Performer |
| 2012 | Apocalyptour | |
| 2013 | Airport for Birds | Performer |
| Writer | ||
| 1Night 2Last 3EVER | Performer | |
| Writer | ||
| 2014 | StarKid Takes Manhattan | Performer |
| 2015-2016 | Yes, I Am Afraid Of The Dark! | |
| 2015 | A Very StarKid Reunion | |
| 2019 | StarKid Homecoming | Performer |
| Firebringer Music and Lyrics | ||
| 2022 | The StarKid Jangle Ball Holiday Tour | Performer |
| 2024 | It's StarKid, Innit? |
Personal Life[]
Meredith currently lives in Chicago with their husband Brian Holden. The couple were engaged in September 2018[1] and married on August 10th, 2019[2]. She came out as bisexual on an Instagram story in 2018, and started using she/they pronouns in 2020.
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